Author: Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi

My mother was fortune, my father generosity and bounty; I Am joy, son of joy, son of joy, son of […]

Did I not say to you, “Go not there, for I am your friend; in this Mirage of annihilation I […]

I have got out of my own control, I have fallen into unconsciousness; in my utter unconsciousness how joyful I […]

When I am asleep and crumbling in the tomb, should you come To visit me, I will come forth with […]

Last night my soul cried, “O exalted sphere of Heaven, you hang indeed inverted, with flames in your belly. “Without […]

Reason says, ” I will beguile him with the tongue.”; Love says, “Be silent. I will beguile him with the […]

Every day I bear a burden, and I bear this calamity for a purpose: I bear the discomfort of cold […]

The time has come for us to become madmen in your chain, to Burst our bonds and become estranged from […]

The ravings which my enemy uttered I heard within my heart; The secret thoughts he harbored against me I also […]

Lord, what a Beloved is mine! I have a sweet quarry; I possess In my breast a hundred meadows from […]